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mahatmakanejeeves

(66,646 posts)
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:28 AM 23 hrs ago

Southern University suspends professor, moves to terminate her

I-TEAM: Southern suspends professor, moves to terminate her

Southern University law professor Kelly Carmena was suspended Friday over social media comments after Charlie Kirk’s death, the WAFB I-Team confirmed.

By Chris Nakamoto and Kevin Foster
Published: Sep. 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM CDT | Updated: Sep. 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM CDT

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Southern University law professor Kelly Carmena was suspended Friday over comments she reportedly made on social media in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, the WAFB I-Team confirmed.

The university states that it is now proceeding to terminate her employment as an investigation into her conduct commences.

In a post shared with WAFB, Carmena allegedly said, “I will 1000% wish death on people like him. He is the epitome of evil, and I have no compassion, not even a minute ounce of it for people like him who go around spewing hate the way he does.”

Southern University Board Chairman Tony Clayton confirmed the investigation.

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Southern University suspends professor, moves to terminate her (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 23 hrs ago OP
I hope we flood the courts against this nonsense. NCDem47 23 hrs ago #1
I agree but if it's done at work and violates established policy underpants 23 hrs ago #3
Agree. NCDem47 23 hrs ago #4
Thought and 1st Amendment cops underpants 23 hrs ago #2
Blessed are the truth tellers Faux pas 23 hrs ago #5
HBCU MichMan 23 hrs ago #6
Send her to a re-education camp with life at hard labor. Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #7
It seems ironic to me that the right is saying that markodochartaigh 23 hrs ago #8
Odd that, huh? 🤔 underpants 23 hrs ago #9
There is a select group of people who are permitted free speech. Probatim 17 hrs ago #13
What happened to the first amendment? calguy 23 hrs ago #10
You need to read it more carefully MichMan 22 hrs ago #11
You have to be circumspect after a shooting. Publicly celebrating a civilian's death is unseemly. Beakybird 22 hrs ago #12

NCDem47

(2,997 posts)
1. I hope we flood the courts against this nonsense.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:32 AM
23 hrs ago

Either there’s a First Amendment or there isn’t. With that, we have to accept when the other side does this.

underpants

(192,889 posts)
3. I agree but if it's done at work and violates established policy
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:34 AM
23 hrs ago

that’s just not very smart.

markodochartaigh

(3,961 posts)
8. It seems ironic to me that the right is saying that
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 10:40 AM
23 hrs ago

Kirk was shot because he was exercising free speech and now the right is calling for people to be fired for exercising their free speech.

Probatim

(3,182 posts)
13. There is a select group of people who are permitted free speech.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 03:58 PM
17 hrs ago

If you aren't the right color or have the correct social standing or belong to approved groups, those people need to shut the fuck up.

It's fun when you call them on it. The look of dissonance is amazing.

MichMan

(15,882 posts)
11. You need to read it more carefully
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 11:20 AM
22 hrs ago
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."


It does not apply to non governmental entities like Southern University

Beakybird

(3,397 posts)
12. You have to be circumspect after a shooting. Publicly celebrating a civilian's death is unseemly.
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 11:26 AM
22 hrs ago

It's better to remind people of what a hate-monger Charlie Kirk was. Use his own quote that gun deaths are an acceptable cost to protect the fifth amendment.

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